Beauchamp street, Leather lane, Holborn.†
Beaufort’s buildings, in the Strand.†
Beck’s rents. 1. Ropemaker’s fields, Limehouse.† 2. Rosemary lane, Little Tower hill.†
Lords of the Bedchamber, fourteen officers of great distinction, under the Lord Chamberlain; the first of whom is Groom of the Stole. They are usually persons of the highest quality, and their office is, each in his turn, to wait one week in the King’s bedchamber, and there to lie all night on a pallet bed by the King, and to supply the place of the Groom of the Stole in his absence. They also wait upon the King when he eats in private; for the cupbearers, carvers, and sewers do not then wait. The Groom of the Stole has 2000l. a year, and the rest of the Lords of the Bedchamber 1000l. a year each. See Groom of the Stole.
Grooms of the Bedchamber, eight officers of considerable rank under the Lords of the bedchamber, each of whom has a salary of 500l. per annum.
Beddington, in Surrey, the seat and manor of the ancient family of the Carews, is a noble edifice; but the wings are too deep for the body of the house; for they should either have been placed at a greater distance, or not have been so long. The court before them is fine, as is the canal in the park, which lies before this court, and has a river running through it. All the flat part of the park is taken up with very fine gardens, which extend in vistas two or three miles. The orangery is said to be the only one in England that is planted in the natural ground, and the trees, which are above an hundred years old, were brought out of Italy by Sir Francis Carew, Bart. They are, however, secured in the winter by moveable covers. The pleasure house, which was also built by Sir Francis, has the famous Spanish Armada painted on the top of it, and under it is a cold bath. The church is a beautiful small Gothic pile, built of stone, in the north and south isles of which are several stalls after the manner of cathedrals: and here is also two charity schools, one for boys, and the other for girls.
Bedford buildings, near Gray’s inn.
Bedfordbury, Chandos street.
Bedford court. 1. Bedford street, Covent Garden. 2. Red Lion street, Holborn. 3. In the Strand.
Bedford House. See Bloomsbury square.